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Middies can't pull off upset of power

DRACUT -- The Dracut High football team dropped its season opener Friday night, falling to Catholic Conference power St. John's Prep, 49-6, in a non-league contest.

St. John's Prep 49 Dracut 6

Dracut started strong out of the gate as junior linebacker Gabe Morales stripped the football from St. John's Prep quarterback Jack Sharrio at midfield and senior linebacker Pat Noonan scooped it up and advanced it to the St. John's Prep 40.

After three positive runs by senior captain Zach Basset, the drive would come to an end as sophomore quarterback Tyler Basset's touchdown pass attempt was intercepted in the end zone by cornerback Jonathan Thomas to put a halt to the scoring bid.

"We came out fired up," Dracut coach Jason Houston said following the game. "We had a great week of practice but we just did not execute the game plan tonight."

St. John's Prep would capitalize on the turnover as senior running back Alex Moore scored from 12 yards out for the first of his two touchdown runs on the night to give St. John's Prep a 7-0 with 2:08 remaining in the first quarter.

SJP would control the remainder of the first half possessions and force two special teams mistakes from the Middies to set up scores as the visitors took a 28-0 lead into the locker room.

"We made some plays out there tonight but we did a few things to shoot ourselves in the foot," Houston said. "We also struggled at times to get ourselves in good field position."

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John's Prep picked up right where it left off in the first half as Thomas intercepted sophomore quarterback Tyler Duff, who came in for the injured Tyler Basset in the second half, and took it 45 yards for the touchdown.

Despite the large margin of defeat, Dracut battled up until the final buzzer sounded as Morales would end the St. John's Prep shutout bid with no time remaining on the clock. The junior running back clawed his way across the goal line from two yards out as time expired for the final score.

Noonan and senior captain Andy Esinola played well defensively for Dracut.

"We are a young team," Houston said. "We return three seniors on offense and three seniors on defense. I enjoy getting a lot of these young guys' reps and getting some of these guys battle tested."

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